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ENI-linked vessels face scrutiny over migrant pushbacks in Rome's murky Mediterranean game

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Migrants attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea in a makeshift boat, 37 km off the Libyan coast, in September 2016.
Migrants attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea in a makeshift boat, 37 km off the Libyan coast, in September 2016. © Marco Panzetti/NurPhoto via AFP

Companies owning vessels involved in the return of migrants off the coast of Libya appear to have close ties to Italian oil major ENI. Rome, meanwhile, is tightening its grip on European migration management.

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